The Portland St. Patrick girls basketball team earned a share of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship Thursday night by defeating Laingsburg by a score of 46-34.

"It feels good to win the league," Shamrock coach Al Schrauben said. "As a Class D team, to be able to play in a tough league and earn a share of the title shows that you have had a good year.

"This was one of the things the girls set out for at the beginning of the year, along with winning districts, so the first step is complete."

Courtney Dixon led St. Pats with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Danielle Simon finished with 10 points, five steals and three assists, while Elle Lehman chipped in with six points and three assists.

St. Pats (19-1, 15-1 in CMAC) will open district play on Monday in Ashley against the host Bears.

P-W survives, wins share of CMAC title

MIDDLETON

For the second-straight game, the Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball team slipped past a CMAC opponent to keep their hopes for a league title alive.

On Thursday, the Pirates edged out Fulton 42-41 in their regular-season finale, earning a share of the CMAC title with Portland St. Patrick.

The win comes two days after P-W rallied from seven down in the last 1:30 of the game to earn a 34-31 victory over Laingsburg.

"It's been a tough week with a couple of nail biters," P-W coach Steve Eklund said. "It's not bad going into districts with a couple of those though. It shows that nobody is going to lay down for us.

"You never really want to share a league title, but we are sharing it with a great team in St. Pats and there are seven other teams that I am sure would love to be in this position."